doping

noun

dop·​ing ˈdō-piŋ 

: the use of a substance (such as an anabolic steroid or erythropoietin) or technique (such as blood doping) to illegally improve athletic performance

Examples of doping in a Sentence

increased efforts to detect doping at the Olympic Games

Recent Examples on the Web

Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven consecutive titles for doping. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026

This is not just a cosmetic trend, a doping issue, or a bodybuilding phenomenon. — Robert Glatter, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

In the early hours of Sunday morning, UAE Team Emirates-XRG’s Pogačar was woken up at 5am by a doping control officer (DCO), while his rival Jonas Vingegaard of Visma-Lease a Bike provided an anti-doping sample at 2am. — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 22 July 2026

Public announcements of people who get caught doping is considered a deterrent to drug use and the practice is part of the world drug-fighting rulebook. — ABC News, 21 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing doping

• blood doping

Rhymes for doping

• coping
• groping
• hoping
• loping
• moping
• oping
• roping
• scoping
• sloping
• stoping

Medical Definition

doping

noun

dop·​ing ˈdō-piŋ 

: the use of a substance (such as an anabolic steroid or erythropoietin) or technique (such as blood doping) to improve athletic performance and that is typically banned in competitive sports

… nearly two dozen athletes … have been banned from the Olympics in the last two weeks for doping violations.

—Philip Hersh, The Chicago Tribune